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Fun on the Farm: Global Belly Laugh Day
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] Have you heard any of these one liners from the farm? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] This January 24th, people all over the…
Women in Blue Jeans Day, January 19th
[caption id="attachment_4386" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Celebrate women farmers on National Women in Blue Jeans Day"][/caption] If your only exposure to American culture was television or the…
Look Who’s Talking Now: Farmers
By Julie Murphree Someone has convinced farmers and ranchers to start talking. That’s kind of a crazy proposition, especially since sometimes they really don’t care…
My American Farm Games: Farm Fun and Learning Wrapped into One
My American Farm is a cooperative project that aims to increase agricultural knowledge by using interactive, educational computer games. Most of the current games are…
Making High Quality Milk Begins with Healthy Cows
At Arizona dairy farms the health and wellbeing of the cows is everyone’s number one priority. From the minute the sun comes up, the dedicated…
New ‘My American Farm’ Memory Game Caters to K-2
The “My American Farm” game steps into the world of early-elementary students by introducing a new memory game at myamericanfarm.org. The popular website is the…
Arizona Food Prices Down 1% from Last Quarter
[caption id="attachment_3242" align="alignright" width="360" caption="Whole milk showed the largest price increase up 30 cents to $2.79 a gallon. Image Credit: Muffet on Flickr.com"][/caption] Arizona retail…
My American Farm Site Expands With New Game
As far as professions are concerned, farming and ranching are among the most challenging. A new interactive online game offered by the American Farm Bureau…
Arizona Farm Bureau to Host 2011 Campaign Management Training Seminar
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="American Farm Bureau (image via Wikipedia)"][/caption] The Arizona Farm Bureau is excited to officially announce the dates for the 2011 Campaign…
America’s Heartland Launches Seventh Season on Public TV
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Image by photofarmer via Flickr"][/caption] Editor’s Note: Arizona Farm Bureau will once again be sponsoring America’s Heartland on PBS beginning this fall. 22…
Farm Fresh Apple Cider Flows at Brown’s Orchard
Located just a few miles off Interstate 10 in Willcox, Brown’s Orchard has been [caption id=”attachment_2996″ align=”alignright” width=”360″ caption=”Farm Fresh Apple Cider is Served at their Cider…
It’s High Cotton but High Costs
[caption id=”” align=”alignright” width=”300″ caption=”With the next Arizona cotton harvest just around the corner, expectations on cotton prices are cautionary as the costs to grow…
Fill Your Plate is a Work in Progress
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau Fill Your Plate is a work in progress. At the Farm Bureau,…
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